[comics] Poll time / canon-consistency in fic (DCU)

Jun 07, 2007 11:51

The context for this post - besides, of course, my usual overweening neuroses - is that I'm currently writing a fic set about a year/18 months *after* the 52/missing year. I'm also reading, usually through unhappy eyes, current canon ( Read more... )

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re_white June 7 2007, 16:58:36 UTC
I had to stop reading my regular diet of DC titles because every time I walked into my local comic book store to pick up new issues I got indigestion. It was a question of fannish health. So I cut back to just Green Arrow and even the boys in green are harshing my fangirl high these days. It seems to be going around. More than ever DC fandom seems to have set up camp about a dozen or so issues back in the timeline/canon and that sounds about right to me.

But. When it comes to fic and current canon I’m very easy, especially if it’s done by an author I trust (such as you). Even if the slant is distinctly AU, fanfiction is the only way you’re going to win me over wrt current canon. I just won’t touch it these days unless fic persuades me to, which is what I think a lot of fic specifically based on the current canon is trying to do just about now. For the record, I love that. I love how DC fandom tends to give loads of affection to attempts at fannish redemption of canon. So my vote is that you try not to let the writerly neurosis win and just go ahead and get your fic on.

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glossing June 7 2007, 17:12:18 UTC
Other than Checkmate, the Marvels and Flash (because Bart in any form is sure to get me, so long as he's alive), Green Arrow's the only title I'm consistently enjoying. JUDD WINICK, ALL IS FORGIVEN.

*cough*

I can only nod vehemently to your second paragraph - before I got into comicsdom, I never really liked fic-as-fixit. But your description of "redemption of canon" strikes just the right chord with me, definitely.

And thank you, seriously, for the reassurance.

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